ambulances firegeezer on 28 Aug 2007 02:43 pm
Deadly Ambulance Crash in So. California
LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE 9 PM (Pacific) near Palm Springs, California, and American Medical Response ambulance was responding to a call with full lights and siren going. While going through an intersection with a green light, a Ford Thunderbird went through the red light at a high rate of speed, swerved around the stopped traffic and struck the ambulance head-on.
The two front seat passengers of the car were killed instantly and one in the back seat was ejected from the vehicle while a fourth was not.
The driver of the ambulance and the paramedic were entrapped and seriously injured. The driver has some broken vertebrae, but his spinal column is listed as ok. The paramedic had her arm trapped under the ambulance.
Witnesses said that the auto was speeding erratically and weaving for several miles before the collision.
The Desert Sun has the complete STORY.
Palm Springs Desert Sun photos
on 31 Aug 2007 at 9:58 am 1.Firegeezer » Ambulance Updates said …
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